Kai Ruohomäki
Lecturer
kairuo@utu.fi +358 29 450 4098 +358 45 7874 5766 Natura, yliopistonmäki Turku |
Areas of expertise
Ecology; Finnish Macorlepidoptera
Ecology; Finnish Macorlepidoptera
Research
Population ecology of the autumnal moth (Epirrita
autumnata), currently mainly interaction of parasioids and the moth host.
Teaching
Biology teacher education; Ecology, evolutionary biology and systematics. Diversity of invertebrates, including field courses.
Publications 
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- Using long-term tree diversity experiments to explore the mechanisms of temporal shifts in forest ecosystem functioning (2025)
- Oikos
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A curated DNA barcode reference library for parasitoids of northern European cyclically outbreaking geometrid moths (2022)
- Ecology and Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pitääkö puutarhan pyjamaluteista huolestua? (2022)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Investigating evidence of enhanced aerosol formation and growth due to autumnal moth larvae feeding on mountain birch at SMEAR I in northern Finland (2020)
- Boreal Environment Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The End of Entomologica Fennica (2019)
- Entomologica Fennica
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Cold hardiness of Lymantria monacha and L-dispar (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) eggs to extreme winter temperatures: implications for predicting climate change impacts (2018)
- Ecological Entomology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Local adaptations and phenotypic plasticity may render gypsy moth and nun moth future pests in northern European boreal forests (2018)
- Canadian Journal of Forest Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The recent northward expansion of Lymantria monacha in relation to realised changes in temperatures of different seasons (2018)
- Forest Ecology and Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tick-borne pathogens in Finland; comparison of Ixodes ricinus and I-persulcatus in sympatric and parapatric areas (2018)
- Parasites and Vectors
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Crowdsourcing-based nationwide tick collection reveals the distribution of Ixodes ricinus and I. persulcatus and associated pathogens in Finland (2017)
- Emerging microbes & infections
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Assessing the abundance, seasonal questing activity, and Borrelia and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) prevalence of Ixodes ricinus ticks in a Lyme borreliosis endemic area in Southwest Finland (2016)
- Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - No regulatory role for adult predation in cyclic population dynamics of the autumnal moth, Epirrita autumnata (2016)
- Ecological Entomology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Northern geometrid forest pests (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) hatch at lower temperatures than their southern conspecifics: Implications of climate change (2016)
- European Journal of Entomology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tick-borne bacterial pathogens in southwestern Finland (2016)
- Parasites and Vectors
Sääksjärvi I.E., Ruohomäki K., Vesterinen E.J.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tick distribution and tick-borne pathogens in Finland - The tick project of the University of Turku (2016) Sormunen Jani, Laaksonen Maija, Penttinen Ritva, Klemola Tero, Vesterinen Eero, Hytönen Jukka, Sajanti Eeva, Hänninen Jari, Vuorinen Ilppo, Ruohomäki Kai, Sääksjärvi, Ilari
(Other publication) - Additive and non-additive effects of birch genotypic diversity on arthropod herbivory in a long-term field experiment (2015)
- Oikos
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Suomen 1 500 punkkilajista vain puutiainen ja taigapunkki levittävät borrelioosia ja puutiaisaivokuumetta (2015)
- Potilaan lääkärilehti
(E1 Popularised article) - Delayed density-dependent parasitism of eggs and pupae as a contributor to the cyclic population dynamics of the autumnal moth (2014)
- Oecologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effects of three years' increase in density of the geometrid Epirrita autumnata on the change in metabolome of mountain birch trees (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii) (2014)
- Chemoecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) larvae in Fennoscandia with description of Cotesia autumnatae Shaw, sp n. (2013)
- Entomologica Fennica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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